kit (2), kitte, kyt

[O. Dut. kitte =a tub; Dut. kit a wooden can.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A large bottle. 2. A ve el of various kinds; a milk-pail, a tub. "In pails, kits , dishes, basins, pinboukes, bowls, Their scorched bosoms merrily they baste." Drayton: Moses, His Birth and Miracles . 3. That which contains the nece aries, tools, ., of a tradesman: hence, generally, an outfit; as, a soldier's kit . 4. Used contemptuously with the adjective whole for the entire lot or set; as, the whole kit of them. 5. A cement for stuffing canvas to place over the vents of carca es to keep out the damp. 6. A flaring-bottomed tub for fish and butter. II. Photog .: Also known as inside frame. A thin, flat, rectangular frame of wood which fits within a plate-holder for the purpose of enabling the latter to carry a sensitized plate smaller than that for which it was originally designed. There may be many of these for one holder, and they often fit one within the other, forming a nest. The inside corners, as is the case in the plate-holder itself, are provided with gla or hard rubber angle-pieces, Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, v. i. tween the wood and the nitrate of silver solution adhering to the wet plate, which would cause stains upon the negative. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "The product of kitchen -gardens in all sorts of herbs, salads, plants, and legumes."- Sir W. Temple: Of Garden. ing.